(a.) Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.
(a.) In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds.
(a.) Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible.
(a.) Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.
(adv.) Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness.
(n.) That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black.
(n.) A black pigment or dye.
(n.) A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races.
(n.) A black garment or dress; as, she wears black
(n.) Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.
(n.) The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black.
(n.) A stain; a spot; a smooch.
(a.) To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.
(a.) To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush.
Example Sentences:
(1) To quantify the size of the lesion in mice, the area of the infarct on the brain surface was assessed planimetrically 48 h after MCA occlusion by transcardial perfusion of carbon black.
(2) For male schizophrenics, all symptom differences disappeared except one; blacks were more frequently asocial.
(3) The most successful dyes were phenocyanin TC, gallein, fluorone black, alizarin cyanin BB and alizarin blue S. Celestin blue B with an iron mordant is quite successful if properly handled to prevent gelling of solutions.
(4) The correlates of three characteristics of familial networks (i.e., residential proximity, family affection, and family contact) were examined among a national sample of older Black Americans.
(5) Positivity was not correlated with current residence census tract socioeconomic indicators in black or white females.
(6) The high frequency of increased PCV number in San, S.A. Negroes and American Negroes is in keeping with the view that the Khoisan peoples (here represented by the San), the Southern African Negroes and the African ancestors of American Blacks sprang from a common proto-negriform stock.
(7) Fluttering in the background was a black flag adorned with white script, the “black flag of jihad”.
(8) It is 30 years since Paul Canoville became the first black footballer to play for Chelsea.
(9) If black people could only sort out these self-inflicted problems themselves, everything would be OK. After all, doesn't every business say it welcomes job applicants from all backgrounds?
(10) A case-control study of breast cancer among Black American women was conducted in seven hospitals in New York City from 1969 to 1975.
(11) Mike Enzi of Wyoming A senior senator from Wyoming, Enzi worked for the Department of Interior and the private Black Hills Corporation before being elected to Congress.
(12) The Black pregnant teen is a microcosm of the impact of society on the most vulnerable.
(13) The charges against Harrison were filed just after two white men were accused of fatally shooting three black people in Tulsa in what prosecutors said were racially motivated attacks.
(14) The relative effect of the intramammary infections and of different factors related to the cow (parity, stage of lactation, milk yield) on the individual cell counts, were studied for 30 months on the 62 black-and-white Holstein cows of an experimental herd.
(15) Instead, he handed over the opening to reporter Molly Line, who said, “Racial profiling is in the eye of the beholder,” before citing differing perceptions of the phenomenon between white and black people, which is like reading the headline “Rapist, Victim Differ on Consent”.
(16) These findings indicate an association between HLA-B7 and ankylosing spondylitis in American blacks and suggest that these patients who lack B27 but possess B7 represent a subgroup of patients with this disease.
(17) This is an edited extract from Across the Seas – Australia’s Response to Refugees: A History by Klaus Neumann, published by Black Inc. Books and on-sale now .
(18) Of particular note is the difference between Black American and Nigerian figures.
(19) They were like some great show, the gas squeezing up from the depths of the oil well to be consumed in flame against the intense black horizon, like some great dragon.
(20) Its abuse has become concentrated among post-high school age, black males in a limited number of cities, especially Washington, DC.
Blackwood
Definition:
(n.) A name given to several dark-colored timbers. The East Indian black wood is from the tree Dalbergia latifolia.
Example Sentences:
(1) NHS accused of covering up huge data loss that put thousands at risk Read more Their investigations follow three other inquiries already undertaken by the Department of Health (DH), NHS England and NHS Shared Business Services (SBS), Blackwood said.
(2) Thereafter Blackwood was a model of discretion, a mature performance in support of Bravo, who batted superbly.
(3) He is the founder and CEO of the innovative AI media analytics company Blackwood Seven.
(4) Majority: 1,057 LAYLA MORAN The daughter of a Christian Palestinian Arab mother from Jerusalem and a former British EU ambassador, Moran gained Oxford West and Abingdon from Nicola Blackwood following a swing of almost 15 points away from the Conservatives.
(5) Sixty-five subjects with Down's syndrome were followed up and retested 2 years after the initial recording of auditory P300 (P3) event-related potential described in a companion paper (Blackwood et al., 1988).
(6) A gentle approach to faith Facebook Twitter Pinterest Rick Blackwood, 59, the pastor of Christ Fellowship.
(7) But so would, more or less off the top off my head, Margot James and Therese Coffey – not to mention Nicola Blackwood, Tracey Crouch, Jessica Lee, Priti Patel and Laura Sandys.
(8) Published originally as a serial in Blackwoods magazine in 1915, The Thirty-Nine Steps was the first of five novels to feature the 20th century's earliest and most famous action hero, Richard Hannay, a man constantly on the run.
(9) Labour and the Liberal Democrats have intensified their claims that the DH has been highly evasive about the scandal after Blackwood said the department would not publish the results of any of the three investigations already completed.
(10) At least three inquiries will examine the incident at the Sirhowy Arms hotel in Argoed, near Blackwood in Caerphilly.
(11) A group of South African woodworkers was investigated in respect of allergenic activity of three indigenous woods, yellowwood, stinkwood and blackwood, and Brazilian imbuia.
(12) Australian blackwood is known to be an important cause of allergic contact dermatitis in Australia.
(13) Photograph: Alamy The main attraction for Jeanette Rubio was the church’s pastor, Rick Blackwood, who Marco Rubio called “a gifted preacher very adept at connecting real-life experiences to biblical teaching”.
(14) After his sermon, Blackwood invites congregants to follow along with a reading guide, filling in words of key themes on the church’s app.
(15) He added: “If the newly elected government after the general election fails to set up the process I’ve described, I will refer my dossier of cases to the police, and I will request a criminal investigation into these shameful acts of cover-up against innocent people.” The health minister Nicola Blackwood resisted calls for a fresh inquiry but urged Burnham to pass his evidence to ministers.
(16) The National Audit Office (NAO) and Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) are looking into the incident, which the Guardian revealed last month , according to parliamentary questions that the health minister Nicola Blackwood answered on Friday .
(17) Trudy Jones, from Blackwood in Gwent, south Wales, was named by her local MP, Chris Evans.
(18) Updated at 4.01pm GMT 3.54pm GMT Tory Nicola Blackwood asks how Rusbridger weighs up what to publish or not to publish – and how in this case.
(19) While the government is to be commended for the actions taken so far to tackle aspects of the digital skills crisis, stubborn digital exclusion and systemic problems with digital education and training need to be addressed as a matter of urgency in the government’s forthcoming digital strategy.” The committee’s chair, Nicola Blackwood, said: “The UK leads Europe on tech, but we need to take concerted action to avoid falling behind.
(20) Cerys Marie Yemm, 22, died from her injuries at Sirhowy Arms Hotel, a homeless hostel in Argoed, Blackwood, south Wales , in the early hours of Thursday morning.